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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance);
- Example: "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
[syn: deservingness, merit, meritoriousness]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deservingness
    n 1: the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving
         assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness
         he recognized and rewarded" [syn: deservingness, merit,
         meritoriousness]